In threads where training philosophy comes up, discussions of TRIMPS and TSS and other training models occasionally intrude. These models are not very well known, and even more poorly understood, so probably SolarEnergy, qbrain and I are just talking to each other and killing threads in those conversations. In any case, I figured I would present a brief overview of what it is that we're talking about when this terminology starts showing up.
Best case, this will introduce these models to the subset of swimmers (or coaches) who would be interested enough to use them, but didn't previously know enough to do so.
Plus, even if you're not the type to be interested in quantifying your training, it can be useful to think about workouts in this general framework.
And, at the very least, this might serve as a place to discuss some of the details without worrying about driving those other threads too far off-topic.
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Spoken like someone who must swim fly either well, or not at all!
The energy is different for the back half of a fly swim because he is (I am) "going vertical" and unable to maintain good form.
The swimmer-dependent constants don't just change from stroke to stroke... in butterfly they change from lap to lap!
:)
That might prove difficult to model accurately.
Would you really want more points as form falls apart?
There is a local Masters coach, who happens to also be an Olympic level flyer, that advocates a little fly done well is much better than a lot of fly done poorly.
Steve, I think I like your idea behind the ratios better than using a standard (world records, time standards) method. No reason to punish working on weaknesses.
Spoken like someone who must swim fly either well, or not at all!
The energy is different for the back half of a fly swim because he is (I am) "going vertical" and unable to maintain good form.
The swimmer-dependent constants don't just change from stroke to stroke... in butterfly they change from lap to lap!
:)
That might prove difficult to model accurately.
Would you really want more points as form falls apart?
There is a local Masters coach, who happens to also be an Olympic level flyer, that advocates a little fly done well is much better than a lot of fly done poorly.
Steve, I think I like your idea behind the ratios better than using a standard (world records, time standards) method. No reason to punish working on weaknesses.
